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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZoTIQUE EEAUDEY, E LYNN, MAssAoHUsETTs, AssIeNoE To THE BEAU- DEY EDGE sETTINer AND HEEL EUENIsHINe MACHINE CoM-PANY, 0E

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

`TOOLFR BURNISHING THE HEELS OF BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No, 367,355l dated August 2, 1887.

Application filed December 30, 1885. Serial No. 187,144. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known-that I, ZOTIQEBEAUDEY, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Burnishing the Heels of Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact'description.

This invention relates to improvements in heel-burnishing tools and to such'heel-bur- Io nishing tools as are adaptedI and'arranged to be rotated in a suitable machine or holder; and the invention consists of atool for burnishing the edges of heels of boots or shoes, constructed and arranged for operation all I5 substantially as hereinafter fully described,l

reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in which- Figure I. represents this improved heellournisher tool in side view and as in position o for operation on a heel of a boot or shoe, also shown in side view in detail. Eig. 2 isa crossseetion of the tool shown in Fig. l.

In the drawings, A- represents this improved burnishing-tool for burnishing the heels of boots or shoes arranged to be secured to ashank, B,which fits within a socket, O, of the tool, and' is secured thereto by asetscrew, D, by'which shank the tool is secured in any suitable holder for rotation ofthe same o in the usual manner of rotating heel-burnish ing tools.

The tool A is shaped as shown in the drawings, circular in cross-section, its operating- Asurface E being` convex and to correspond substantially with` the vertical curvature or concave surface E of the heel. At the outer or smaller end of the tool is a circular bead or edge, G, and at the base is an outwardlyinclined surface, H, which is also circular.

.Io On the convex or round surface Eof the tool are cut two series of grooves, K L, which groovesrun in a spiral direction around such surface, one series of grooves, K, running in an opposite direction to and crossing the other series of grooves, L, as shown.

i In the operation of the tool it is placed by its shank B in any suitable holder and secured .therein in any suitable manner and the holder rotated as usual, which correspondingly ro- 5o tates the tool. As the tool revolves, the conl cave surface E of the heel M is placed against the round or convex surface E of the tool,

which will by its rotation burnish or polish the same.

The running of the grooves in a spiral di rection and having one series of grooves running in an opposite direction to and crossing the other seriesvof grooves, as described and shown, makes a tool much superior to a tool where only one series of spiral grooves are made in the tool and all running in the saine direction, for the working surface of the tool is cut into smaller operating-surfaces, and by vhaving the grooves cross each other the heel and run in any angle desired; but the number and angle shown in the drawings produce satisfactory results.

The shank can be solid and of one piece with the tool itself, in lieu of being made sepa rat-e, as described, or it can be dispensed with and the tool placed directly on the revolving holder or shaft by its socket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is n l. A burnisher tool constructed and arranged to be'rotated in any suitable manner, having a convex surface, E, and spiral grooves K L, running in opposite directionsand crossing each other.

2. A burnisher tool constructed and arranged to be rotated in any suitable manner, having a convex surface, E, spiral grooves K L, run ningin opposite'directions and crossing each other, and a bead or edge, G.

3. A burnisher tool constructed and arranged to be rotated in any suitable manner, having a convex surface, E, spiral grooves K L, running in opposited'irections and crossing each other, a bead or edge, G, and aninclined surface, H, for the purpose specified. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

y ZOTIQUE BEAUDRY. Witnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN,

CAssIUs CLAY PoWERs. 

